Ag Sec Sonny Perdue

Out of Control: The secretive government agency planting ‘cyanide bombs’ across the US

Landmines and cyanamide bombs…Trump administration says yes. “Such efforts are running up against inertia – M-44s continue to be used in roughly a dozen states across the nation – and the Trump administration. In December 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency reauthorized the use of cyanide bombs nationwide. Canyon’s Law is currently stalled in Congress.” The …

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Ag secretary orders environmental rollbacks for Forest Service

Destroying the commons for campaign donations….“This is a roadmap to national forest destruction, and it’s painful to read,” said Randi Spivak, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s public lands program.  “In the midst of the climate and extinction crises, Perdue offers a dystopian vision of expanding mining, fracking, logging and grazing in national forests. …

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EPA Approves 10 Pesticides for Hemp, Makes Key Decision on Atrazine

Syngenta is the Swiss manufacturer. Atrazine has been linked to birth defects, low testosterone, increased risk of miscarriage, reduced male fertility, low birth weight, cancer (prostate, breast) and recent study possibly Parkinson’s. Atrazine is the most prevalent pesticide polluting our drinking water. Pest Control: Syngenta’s Secret Campaign to Silence Atrazine’s Critics EPA Approves 10 Pesticides …

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Will Sonoma Ban Roundup in City Parks?

US Government Opposes Thailand’s Ban on Glyphosate and other Toxic Pesticides

“Despite all this evidence of harm, the US government remains internationally adamant in its defense of toxic chemicals. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue was vocal on behalf of Bayer in April when Vietnam began its process of banning glyphosate due to health concerns in April. President Donald Trump urged Columbia to lift its restrictions on glyphosate aerial …

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USDA nixes release of multiple reports over researcher exodus: The Hill

Trump administration now doing the same thing to BLM.  “Dodson said his comments along with an Office of Inspector General report questioning the legality of the move highlight major problems with the relocation. “It shows they are doing it without authority and with malice,” she said. “ USDA nixes release of multiple reports over researcher …

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Trump’s agriculture secretary dismisses climate change as ‘weather patterns’

“All of this comes as the Department of Agriculture under Perdue is refusing to publicize dozens of government-funded, peer-reviewed studies on the impact of climate change on agriculture, Politico reported Sunday. “When federally-funded scientific research is curtailed or withheld because of its attention to the consequences of climate change, farmers are cut out of participating …

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